For some time now, Samsung’s best-selling smartphone series has been the A5x. But until now it hasn’t been the top dog in Serie A, that honor reserved for the A7x. Well, according to a new rumor, that will all change next year, as there will be no more A7x devices.
That’s right, the A73 was apparently the last A7x model ever, as Samsung won’t be releasing an A74 in 2023, thus leaving the Galaxy A54 to headline the A-series in both sales appeal and specs.
Samsung Galaxy A73
While other upcoming Ax4 phones have been leaked, nothing like this has happened to the A74, and that’s presumably due to the simple fact that there’s no A74 in development, nor will there ever be.
It may seem strange, but consider that the Galaxy A73 was already marginalized in Samsung’s portfolio, getting a release in fewer countries than the previous A72. So perhaps the story of the A73 was foreshadowing what would inevitably happen with the A74.
There’s also no word on a Galaxy S22 FE or S23 FE, which leaves a strange (and rather huge) price gap between the A54 and the S23, which Chinese competitors can take advantage of. It’s a questionable strategy at best, leaving yourself exposed to the competition like that, but maybe Samsung has a plan: sell the S22 at an even bigger discount and put it there? We’ll have to wait for the introduction of the S23 to find out. Thankfully, only a few weeks left, it is now rumored to take place on February 1st.
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